Croatia vs Belgium, Worldcup 2022 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Anthony Taylor
- Referee Gary Beswick
- Referee Adam Nunn
- Referee Tomasz Kwiatkowski
- Referee Marco Fritz
- Referee Istvan Kovacs
48 games this season 🟨 1.6/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/game 🟥 4 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 1 3 2 South Korea 1 3 3 Czechia 1 0 4 South Africa 1 0 5 Switzerland 1 1 6 Canada 1 1 7 Qatar 1 1 8 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 1 9 Scotland 1 3 10 Morocco 1 1 11 Brazil 1 1 12 Haiti 1 0 13 United States 1 3 14 Australia 1 3 15 Turkey 1 0 16 Paraguay 1 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Congo DR 0 0 42 Colombia 0 0 43 Portugal 0 0 44 Uzbekistan 0 0 45 England 0 0 46 Ghana 0 0 47 Croatia 0 0 48 Panama 0 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Season Stats
Croatia Belgium #47 Position #27 0 Points 1 0 Played 1 0 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 0 0 Scored 1 0 Conceded 1 +0 GD +0 – PPG 1.00 – Win % 0% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Belgium this seasonCroatia are 47th (0 pts). Belgium are 27th (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Belgium kicks off things out of here…
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Josip Juranovic made 8 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Belgium that had 117 games and scored 36 goals.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' Toby Alderweireld needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' The travelling Belgium supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 45' It’s high time Roberto Martinez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' It is a substitution in Belgium team. Dries Mertens is replaced by Romelu Lukaku on 46 minute.
- 51' Croatia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 59' Another substitution for Belgium to replace Leandro Trossard by Thorgan Hazard on 59 minute.
- 64' The Croatia manager makes a substitution. Marko Livaja departs to be replaced by Bruno Petkovic.
- 67' The referee shows Belgium player a Yellow card on 67.
- 72' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jeremy Doku is hanging Yannick Carrasco on the field on 72 minute.
- 77' It looks surprising Croatia does not make any changes. Jeremy Doku has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 82' Croatia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 87' The whistle greets Thomas Meunier as he departs to be replaced by Eden Hazard.
- 88' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eden Hazard is hanging Thomas Meunier on the field on 88 minute.
- 90' The Croatia manager makes a substitution. Mateo Kovacic departs to be replaced by Lovro Majer.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Croatia Lineups
Starting XI
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Mateo Kovacic ↓ Lovro Majer 90'
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Andrej Kramaric ↓ Mario Pasalic 64'
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14
Marko Livaja ↓ Bruno Petkovic 64'
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Bench
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15
Mario Pasalic ↑ 64'
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- 5
- 21
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Bruno Petkovic ↑ 64'
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Lovro Majer ↑ 90'
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- 13
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- 25
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Coach Zlatko DalićBelgium Lineups
Starting XI
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- 5
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- 19
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Thomas Meunier ↓ Eden Hazard 87'
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- 1
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14
Dries Mertens ↓ Romelu Lukaku 46'
- 21
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Yannick Carrasco ↓ Jeremy Doku 72'
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Bench
- 20
- 24
- 12
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Eden Hazard ↑ 87'
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Romelu Lukaku ↑ 46'
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Youri Tielemans ↑ 72'
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Thorgan Hazard ↑ 59'
- 23
- 4
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Jeremy Doku ↑ 72'
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H2H
Head to Head
Croatia Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.47 Croatia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.6 Belgium xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 90% + Under — clean sheet likely 81%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.07Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 63% 37% ± 1.5 30% 70% ± 2.5 10% 90% ± 3.5 3% 97% ± 4.5 1% 99% Double Chance
Croatia or Draw 71%Draw or Belgium 72%Croatia or Belgium 58%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual0 – 1 18.7%1 – 0 14.3%1 – 1 11%0 – 2 5.5%2 – 0 3.3%1 – 2 3.2%2 – 1 2.5%0 – 3 1.1%2 – 2 0.9%1 – 3 0.7%3 – 0 0.5%Asian Handicap — Croatia
Handicap Croatia covers Push Belgium covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 4% 96% -1.5 4% — 96% -1 4% 17% 79% -0.5 21% — 79% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 22% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Croatia keeps clean sheet 55% ✓Belgium keeps clean sheet 62% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.